Cheater!
Posted by Catherine McClendon on
Cheater fabric is so fun! It's like cheating, but no one (except you) knows! Here's an example of cheater fabric--it's printed to look like pieced quilt blocks. This one is cut 12" x 12".
You can make an entire quilt out of cheater fabric, using the "lines" between the "blocks" to quilt on your standard sewing machine (or longarm)--another way to cheat! Perfect for when you need to whip up a baby quilt super fast! This is just a 36" x 36" piece of fabric with borders added. Quilt it up, add binding, and you're ready to go!
Or, you can use as blocks with other fabric and/or blocks. Either way, it's a great shortcut to quilt making.
Finally, many fabric designers make panels for quilting. This is a panel quilt made with one center panel, printed to look like a complex pieced quilt top, with borders added.
This panel quilt kit, available in two colorways, is available here: https://catscuts.com/collections/quilt-kits/products/new-sleep-tight-crib-size-panel-quilt-kit. This kit includes the center panel, along with all of the borders and binding--precision machine cut!